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From: seanf@sco.COM (Sean Fagan)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: function prototype problem
Message-ID: <1763@scolex>
Date: 19 Nov 88 22:21:23 GMT
References: <310@drd.UUCP> <1704@scolex> <8889@smoke.BRL.MIL> <1736@scolex> <8916@smoke.BRL.MIL> <412@babbage.acc.virginia.edu>
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In article <412@babbage.acc.virginia.edu> mac3n@babbage.acc.virginia.edu (Alex Colvin) writes:
>In article <8916@smoke.BRL.MIL>, gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn ) writes:
>> In article <1736@scolex> seanf@sco.COM (Sean Fagan) writes:
>> >So, the moral of the story:  Don't pass in char's, short's, or float's to
>> >your subroutines unless you want a Real(tm) ANSI C compiler to choke on it
[both Doug and Alex complain]

*arggh*!  I forgot the blasted '8-)'!  I *like* ANSI C!  I also *like*
passing in char, short, or floats, when it will make my meaning clearer!

However, I also prefer declaring parameters the old-style way, since it can
save me typing.  I want the best of both worlds!  Surely this isn't too much
to ask for? 8-;

Again, I think most ANSI-C compilers will support this as an option, and I
*still* think GNU C should (just wait until I can get some free time...!).

-- 
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